Improved cotton-bale tie



UNITED STATES' PATENT Oirrrcir..`

JOHN S. CARSON, OF BROOKIIAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVED COTTON-BALE TIE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 87,541, dated March 9, 1869.

,introduction of the free end of the band, the point of the hook H is passed, which hook, engaging in the bight of the band, prevents the withdrawal of the latter. To keep it always in place and facilitate insertion, I attach the shank h of said hook by a pivot, l, to the tie plate, and prevent its accidental disengagement from the fastened band or hoop by the provision of a bulge or projection, h', which, when the band-is under tension, engages within the loop F, and prevents retrograde movement of the hook.

The central portion, J, of the plate has a wing, j, projecting downward, which serves to guide the free end of the band in the act of insertion.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- The bale-tie formed of a plate, X, of sheetiron, having the loops A, B, 0,1), F, f, and Gr, and latch H h h', the whole being formed and arranged substantially as set forthf In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

To whom it may coneewu.

Be it known that I, JOHN S. CARSON, of Brook Haven, Lawrence county, Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Bale Tie; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to a form of bale-tie capable p of being stamped out of a plate of sheet-iron, and combining cheapness and simplicity with security, and giving great facilities in the operation of re-pressing, which is commonly done before shipment.

Figure lis a perspective view of my tie in its open condition; and Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, a perspective view and a longitudinal section of the same in its closed condition.

My tie is formed from a rectangular plate or strip of sheet metal, so cut'and swaged as to afford, near one end, a series of loops, A B C D, between and around which the permanently-attached end of the hoop or band E is secured, and near the other end other loops, F Gr, between which the previously-bent free end of the band is inserted. All of these loops are elevated above the level of the upper and under side of the plate alternately, and the loop F has a wing, f, under which, after the JOHN S. GARSGN.

Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, i JAMES H. LAYMAN, 

